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Paperman

Have you guys seen the Disney short Paperman? It's a charming romantic comedy set in 1940's New York, and it has been nominated for Best Animated Short at the Oscars. Watch it here, if you have six minutes:)

One of my husband's dearest friends just had a documentary made about him (he recently moved to India to live/work in an HIV/AIDS orphanage) by another good friend. They entered into Sundance this year and WON for U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize AND Audience Award! It's a touching film; we got to sneak preview it a few months ago. We are dreaming of an Oscar nomination for next year ;)

This is why I love the Oscars because there are so many AMAZING short animated films that I would never know about unless they nominate them! When I get home and have sound I will gladly check this out! =)

Love this! Ever year, the Detroit Institute of Arts shows all of the Oscar-nominated animated and live action shorts in a single viewing. My husband and I went last weekend and Paperman was one of my favorites. Glad you shared it!

When I saw Paperman I thought it was very similar to a live action short film I saw sometime in the past two years. Can anyone jog my memory? It starts out pretty much the same as Paperman except the guy sees the girl in her office across the street and they communicate by holding up notes. At one point her office is empty and he thinks she's gone but she actually got promoted and is in a new office on a higher floor. She gets his attention by reflecting the sun off a mirror into his eyes. Then they walk outside and finally meet. The film ends as they walk up to each other. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I can't remember the live action short's name or where I saw it. I actually first thought I saw it on Cup of Jo, but I searched the archives and found nothing.

I saw it before some movie last year (can't remember which one) and I was smitten! I was like, I'm good, don't need to see the movie I paid for. :) it is just so sweet and adorable and made me smile from ear to ear.

I just shared this on my blog, as well! It is such a sweet and touching film. I love the way the CGI and hand drawn animation work together.

Seeing this film made me want to get better exposed to short films. So, as part of that effort, I'm heading over to Music Box Theater in Chicago this weekend for a screening of the Oscar Shorts! Here's the link in case anyone else would be interested.

I am a newer-ish reader to Cup of Jo and I love all the recommendations you put up. I'm {stuck} in St. Louis so sometimes I shoot the NYC ones over to my bestie in the West Village. It's fun for my midwestern self to have some cool ideas for my hip east coast friend. I just wanted to drop in and say I love your blog! Cheers - CT

Although the concept for this short is very adorable, I was incredibly disturbed about seeing this play before "Wreck it, Ralph!". The female protagonist of this piece has the most impossibly skinny waist, big doe eyes, etc. Looks that feed right into the stereotypical view of what a woman "should" look like rather than what the normal woman does look like.

Now, as a fully formed adult, I was able to see past her appearance to judge the story for what it was but this piece was targeted at children as it played before a child's movie. I don't know about you, but I personally don't want my future daughter to see women in cartoons depicted as perfect hourglass shapes with ZERO waist. It would be one thing if she was drawn a little bit more realistically but that is far from the case.

Super disappointing that the same people who brought us a kick-butt young woman in Brave, decided to follow up with female love interest who looks like she could snap in half!!!

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Hi Jo! I love your blog! It's my absolute fave! Why? Because you are you! You are my inspiration, I will write in my blog the same way you do, from the heart!I love this cartoon you showed, I adore animated shorts! I have another fave which is Slim Time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoH7gkizLdU